Selwyn is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.

[4] In early May 1911, there was still only one teacher with 100 students in a building described as "not large enough for half the number" with the suggestion that typhoid outbreaks might be caused by the school's overcrowding.

[5] In late May 1911, the Queensland Government announced that an assistant teacher was expected to arrive soon and that plans were being drawn up for a larger school building.

[6] A call for tenders to construct the new school building was advertised in March 1912,[7] with a contract for £1,135 awarded in June 1912.

[11] On 15 December 1910 ,the Selwyn railway line opened to service the Hampden and Mount Elliott mines.